Forever Young

Ken AshfordPersonalLeave a Comment

Being stuck in a hospital has caused me to be a bit nostalgic.  So I’ve decided to upload my yearbook photos from years gone by….. 1950 1956 1960 1964 1970 1974 1978 1984 1988 1990 1994 2000

Sicko

Ken AshfordHealth Care, Personal1 Comment

Cheryl managed to smuggle in my laptop and I’ve hacked in to the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital computer, so I can inform the outside world of what’s going on. Actually, Cheryl carried in my laptop and that have free Internet access…. What’s going on is…. hell if I know. I went to my GP on Friday.  It was my second … Read More

Yeah, So I Collapsed At Work…

Ken AshfordPersonal7 Comments

…and was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, where I hung out for nine hours all told, and then was finally sent home me with the news that I had a ruptured colon.  [CLARIFICATION:  Ok, not that I had a ruptured colon…. more like an infected colon which could rupture if it hasn’t already, so I have to take … Read More

Reality Check With Grant Swank

Ken AshfordElection 2008, Right Wing Punditry/IdiocyLeave a Comment

The Reverand Pastor Grant Swank had a great column yesterday.  A totally incomprehensible column full of ten dollar words…. Obama’s Cult "’As you may know, not long ago a couple hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent. I’ll take the roar of 50,000 Harleys any day,’ McCain said, referring to Democrat Barack Obama’s recent visit to … Read More

Theatrical Archives

Ken AshfordTheatreLeave a Comment

Pretty cool: The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday.

I Support Obama…..

Ken AshfordElection 2008Leave a Comment

…. and I say so on this blog for free. So it’s kind of sad to see that McCain, suffering from an "enthusiasm gap", needs to bribe bloggers to write nice things about him in return for prizes and gifts: Spread John McCain’s official talking points around the Web — and you could win valuable prizes! That, in essence, is … Read More

Olympic Fever — Catch It

Ken AshfordPopular CultureLeave a Comment

But a little widget on my righthand column.  Won’t be operational until tomorrow. For those who must resort to watching Olympics online, NBC, who has sole rights to Olympic broadcasts in the U.S., will be providing thousands of hours of content on the web at NBCOlympics.com.  They’ll have four live streams and 3,000 hours of on-demand video online, which should … Read More

I Would Have Acquitted Ivins

Ken AshfordCrimeLeave a Comment

Yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation outlined a pattern of bizarre and deceptive conduct by Bruce E. Ivins, an Army microbiologist who killed himself last week, in an attempt to show, in the court of public opinion, that Ivins (and Ivins alone) was behind the 2001 anthrax-by-mail attacks which killed 6 people. I’m not saying that Ivins was innocent.  I’m … Read More

Paris Hilton Campaign Ad

Ken AshfordElection 20082 Comments

She just went up a couple of notches in my book… What’s funny is that she totally pwns McCain. Seriously, Senator McCain.  When Paris Hilton articulates an energy policy as a joke which is more substantive than yours, it’s time to bow out.